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DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
10 January, 2020
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Syllabus subtopic: Important aspects of governance, transparency and accountability, e-governance- applications, models, successes, limitations, and potential; citizens charters, transparency & accountability and institutional and other measures.
Prelims and Mains focus: About the key findings of the NCRB 2018 report and its significance; About NCRB; mission and objectives
News: The National Crime Records Bureau published the annual Crime in India Report 2018 on Wednesday. It was published with provisional data, as five States — West Bengal, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Sikkim —did not send clarifications sought by the NCRB.
Background
The 2017 annual crime report was published on October 21 last year, after a delay of two years.
Findings of the report
NCRB’s Accidental Death and Suicides in India 2018
Other findings
About National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)
NCRB was set-up in 1986 to function as a repository of information on crime and criminals so as to assist the investigators in linking crime to the perpetrators. It was set up based on the recommendation of the Task force, 1985 and National Police Commission, 1977 by merging the Directorate of Coordination and Police Computer (DCPC), Inter State Criminals Data Branch of CBI and Central Finger Print Bureau of CBI. Earlier Statistical Branch of Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPR&D) was also merged with NCRB, but was later de-merged.
Mission
Objectives
Source: The Hindu
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